RocAgile: Task Switching is Killing Your Productivity

Multitasking is a myth. Every time you switch from one task to another, your brain takes several minutes to stop thinking about the first task and engage in the new activity. This discussion explores this reality and offers some solutions to reduce the cost and help focus.

presented by Mia McCroskey

Mia is a lead program manager at Medidata Solutions, Inc. While focused on orderly management of the software development process, she continually adapts key disciplines to be relevant and workable in a multi-team agile environment. She stresses that teams are made up of people, and they deserve respect and appreciation. Mia is a certified Scrum Master, a Certified Scrum Practitioner, a former Certified Project Management Professional, a PMI Agile Certified Practitioner, and a Certified SAFe Agilist. She earned a Master of Science in Software Engineering from Southern Methodist University.